

He can work and Eve and the kids can have some peace and quiet and perhaps they can try, as a family, to come to terms with what’s happened to them…Ĭrickley Hall is an unusually large house on the outskirts of the village at the bottom of Devil’s Cleave, a massive tree lined gorge the stuff of local legend. Gabe has brought his wife, Eve, and daughters, Loren and Cally, down to Devon, to the peaceful seaside village of Hollow Bay. They need time and space, while they await the news they dread. A sign that something incredible is about to begin… A sign of unimaginable powers about to be unleashed. And as the city’s inhabitants watch for its return, the desert rises up to engulf them in a tidal wave of sand. In the Chinese city of Kashi, travellers bring back reports of a strange light seen shining above the endless dunes of the Taklimakan Desert.

On the banks of the Ganges, a young boy pauses from his back breaking labours, transfixed by the play of a mysterious light amidst the monsoon rains, before a towering geyser of boiling water bursts from beneath the streets, scalding him to death. Moments later he is torn to pieces as the reef erupts with colossal power. While scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef a diver watches fascinated as a tiny light floats past him towards the surface. As the storms and tempests rage, a series of ominous events signal the emergence of a new and terrifying force. Earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions sweep the earth. It is the near future and signs of an impending global disaster are multiplying.
